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ReviewBMC nephrology2024

Late-onset renal TMA and tubular injury in cobalamin C disease: a report of three cases and literature review.

Daorina Bao, Hongyu Yang, Yanqi Yin, Suxia Wang, Yang Li, Xin Zhang, Tao Su, Rong Xu, Chunyue Li, Fude Zhou

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Review in BMC nephrology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The prognostic value of hyperhomocysteinemia in IgA nephropathy.International urology and nephrology · 2026
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Daorina Bao *Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku St., Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China.
Hongyu Yang *Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku St., Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China.
Yanqi Yin *Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku St., Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China.
Suxia WangLaboratory of Electron Microscopy, Pathological Center, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yang LiRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku St., Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China.
Xin ZhangRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku St., Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China.
Tao SuRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku St., Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China.
Rong XuRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku St., Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China.
Chunyue LiRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku St., Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China.
Fude ZhouRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku St., Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, China. zhoufude1801@vip.sina.com.

Funding

CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences 2019-I2M-5-046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMutation of MMACHC gene causes cobalamin C disease (cblC), an inherited metabolic disorder, which presents as combined methylmalonic aciduria (MMA-uria) and hyperhomocysteinaemia in clinical. Renal complications may also be present in patients with this inborn deficiency. The most common histological change is thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). However, to our acknowledge, renal tubular injury in the late-onset presentation of cblC is rarely been reported. This study provides a detailed description of the characteristics of kidney disease in cblC deficiency, aiming to improve the early recognition of this treatable disease for clinical nephrologists. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we described three teenage patients who presented with hematuria, proteinuria, and hypertension in clinical presentation. They were diagnosed with renal involvement due to cblC deficiency after laboratory tests revealing elevated serum and urine homocysteine, renal biopsy showing TMA and tubular injury, along with genetic testing showing heterogeneous compound mutations in MMACHC. Hydroxocobalamin, betaine, and L-carnitine were administered to these patients. All of them got improved, with decreased homocysteine, controlled blood pressure, and kidney outcomes recovered.

conclusionsThe clinical diagnosis of cblC disease associated with kidney injury should be considered in patients with unclear TMA accompanied by a high concentration of serum homocysteine, even in teenagers or adults. Early diagnosis and timely intervention are vital to improving the prognosis of cobalamin C disease. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER: Not applicable.

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HomocystinuriaThrombotic MicroangiopathiesAdolescentAmino Acid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsBetaineCarnitineCarrier ProteinsHumansHydroxocobalaminKidney TubulesMaleOxidoreductasesVitamin B 12Vitamin B 12 DeficiencyBetaineCarnitineCarrier ProteinsHydroxocobalaminMMACHC protein, humanOxidoreductasesVitamin B 12Cobalamin C diseaseHomocystinuriaMMACHCRenal tubular injuryThrombotic microangiopathy

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